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Happy ending reflux stories please!

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MamaLaMoo · 01/12/2011 15:36

Who has survived a refluxing newborn and lived to tell a happy tale?

Help me and the other mums on the reflux thread with some lovely reassuring, it will get better stories. Sometimes it just all feels too gloomy for words. I want to believe we will get a normal baby who we can relax and have fun with.

Please pretty please.

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Munkiii · 01/12/2011 19:27

It will get better, I promise.

My DD is almost one. She has CMP allergy and severe reflux. I used to have to hold her rigid arching screaming little body in my arms feeling utterly helpless.

She is on the right mix of medications now and is not afflicted with the reflux episodes.

It does get better, but I know the dark days very well.

This will pass.

KnockedUpMell · 02/12/2011 08:51

My DS magically grew out of it at around 6 months. My GP had said it will probably get better when he can sit and take solids as that's when the sphincter starts to mature as well. She was right! The first 3 months were sheer hell(before ranitidine). The next 3 were bearable, and now he is a very happy baby at almost 9m. Are you bf? I think that's the hardest bit tbh, my DS wold scream when put on the boob and latch/unlatch so many times during a feed it was hell. I'm still not sure how I got through that phase. If you aren't using a dummy, I definitely recommend one. I was very anti dummies but DS really needed one, and we took it away once we stopped ranitidine. Also putting him to sleep on his tummy helped as he would wake every 20 mins if put to sleep on his back. It does get better! Oh also another thing that helped was using a sling/mei tai to get around, and a baby hammock to encourage naps if sleep is a huge issue (we got an amby natures nest) and still use it for naps.

KnockedUpMell · 02/12/2011 08:51

Sorry my DS also has CMPI and I avoided dairy, and he doesn't get dairy still.

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MamaLaMoo · 02/12/2011 09:25

Thank you!

I am hoping for 6 months as a point where things get noticeably better and I can just heave a sigh of relief rather than be constantly watchful. DD is 16 weeks, on all the meds, dummy, sling, tummy sleeping etc. She is stable but I am not!

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MigGril · 02/12/2011 13:56

My reflux baby is now a happy bouncing 4year old. The first six months where bad but she magicaly grew out of it at 6months to. Oddly enough it was when she started solids but as we did BLW she didn't eat much to start with maybe her being able to sit up on her own was the magic cure who knows.

Luckly no2 who's now 12months wasn't a reflux baby.

DoodleAlley · 02/12/2011 14:00

DS had reflux and ranitidine helped but didn't resolve.

I just remember days of staying at home being vomited on repeatedly. It was hell and i didn't know anyone who had been there and had little reassurance from consultant.

We found when the balance of food moved from liquid to solids and when he really started to spend proper amounts upright that things started to get better bit by bit.

DS is now three and I had feared he would always be "sicky" but he isn't - bugs just don't go to his stomach. And you can now give him an enormous meal and swing him around by his ankles (he asks for this - it's not a perverse reflex check!) and is absolutely fine.

Hold in there. I remember it being so so difficult.

swanriver · 02/12/2011 14:03

my reflux baby grew out of screaming when she was put onto solids. She still threw up a lot though. She screamed all the time when she was not upright till about 12 weeks, then slowly but surely adapted. She still needs a lot of cuddles though! She is 9. She is/was a brilliant sleeper from 16 weeks...I think she screamed a lot because she was desperate to sleep but in pain...
She was also tremendously sucky as a little baby.

mistressploppy · 02/12/2011 14:07

I remember searching desperately for good news on reflux too!

DS grew out of it bang on 6 months too. We did BLW with extra puree spooned in as I found that meant we could ditch the Gaviscon.

He's just turned two and isn't sicky at all. He's slept like a dream since about 6months as well - long naps, self-settles, never wakes at night. He eats well too. He's the 'easiest' tot I know.

The early days are brutal but as each one passes you're nearer to puke-free nirvana! Hang in there!

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MamaLaMoo · 02/12/2011 15:59

You are all life savers thanks so much.

It is such hard working at times and with a toddler, it will end, this too shall pass (repeat ad infinitum).

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camdancer · 02/12/2011 18:22

My first reflux baby was a happy spitter. The whole house was covered in Tesco Value towels! Things started getting better at about 10-12 months but it was very gradual. Just after a while we realised we hadn't washed the sofa for a while! He is now a strapping 4.5 year old in reception.

My second reflux baby had silent reflux. She was on ranitidine for about 10 months when we realised we hadn't had to up her dose for a couple of months. She is now 2.5 years old. Both sleep well, are bright, happy, articulate, fun to be around and gorgeous. (I'm not a bit biased! )

My third reflux baby (God help me!) is almost 6 months old and on ranitidine. Today she was so sick that I had to change all my clothes and re-wash my hair at lunchtime! We've just started weaning her (blw) so hopefully things will turn around soon. I know it'll get better, but I really want it to get better soon!

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